Article ID: | iaor20141678 |
Volume: | 61 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 53 |
End Page Number: | 67 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2014 |
Journal: | Transportation Research Part A |
Authors: | Beresford Anthony, Pettit Stephen, Harris Irina, Sanchez Rodrigues Vasco, Bhattacharya Syamantak |
Keywords: | transportation: rail |
Among the most important trade‐related issues currently confronting the UK are the environmental implications of very large volumes of containerised freight being handled at a small number of ports while there appears to be significant potential for using other ports and water‐rail intermodal connections. Six UK ports are selected for the analysis: Hull/Immingham, Liverpool, Felixstowe, Southampton, Dover and Bristol. Through an origin‐destination analysis, the cost and CO